Iran's Assembly of Experts secretariat issued a rare statement Monday disavowing a declaration signed by 63 of its 88 members that called the killing of U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "religious duty" in retaliation for the death of the previous Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei. The secretariat said the statement was published "in violation of accepted procedure" and should have undergone further discussion and been released through official channels.
The rare institutional rift within Iran's highest constitutional body deepened Monday as the secretariat of the Assembly of Experts publicly distanced itself from a statement signed by 63 of its 88 members. The declaration, published over the weekend, described the assassination of U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a "religious duty" in response to the killing of the previous Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.
Within less than a day, the secretariat released its own unusual statement, saying the declaration was published "in violation of accepted procedure" and "unconventional and unacceptable." It added that the matter should have undergone further discussion and been released only through the council's official institutions.
The Assembly of Experts — the body empowered to appoint, supervise, and dismiss the Supreme Leader — rarely shows such internal discord publicly. The disavowal suggests the declaration did not receive the institutional backing of the council's leadership, even as the signatories represented a large majority of members.
The development follows a series of escalating Iranian threats against U.S. and Israeli leaders in recent weeks, including assassination lists and calls for execution. As The Zioneer has previously reported, the threats come amid heightened regional tensions and internal political debates within Iran over nuclear negotiations with the United States.
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